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تَمْتَنِع refrain in Arabic

تَمْتَنِع is how you say “refrain” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وتمتنع فِيمَا يسْتَقْبل من الذُّنُوب

And you refrain in the future from sins.

وَتَمْتَنِعُ and you refrain

The 'you' is built into this present verb, which sits in the pattern that inserts a '-t-' for a self-directed action, 'you hold yourself back'. No separate pronoun is needed for the subject.

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